“Shut up!”
My daughter was walking down the narrow aisle of the plane, dragging her suitcase behind her in search of our seats, when a passenger said this into her cell phone. The funny part must have been my daughter’s facial expression, since all of the passengers facing her started cracking up. I know I have written before about swear words being part of our language, so I thought today I might write about when not to use them. - Don’t type the ‘f’ word when you are editing someone’s work on an airplane and your daughter is inches away from you reading over your shoulder. (Unless you want to engage in a difficult conversation in a very public place.) - Don’t have a hero who is shy or gentle use the ‘f’word to describe making love. - Don’t teach your child the meaning of the ‘b’word unless you want him/her to use it frequently in sentences when describing dogs. - Don't use the same damn swear word over and over and over in your damn writing. It is damn annoying. - Don’t use any of them when stuck in traffic or while being cut off by someone unless you are totally alone (actually, just break the habit since inevitably it will come out of your mouth when your car is filled with your child and her three best friends.) And finally, don’t, please, say any swear word into your cell phone thinking that you are somehow alone in hearing it. For those of you who don’t yet realize this, we can all still hear you. And in fact, some of us even plan our blogs around overhearing you.
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“Could you watch my stuff for me?”
Uh… No! Let me be clear. It’s not that I think you are a bad person or that you have an evil intent. But I believe if we all followed the rules we would be able to help avert disasters such as on Monday. We all know the rules, right? Don’t leave your bag unintended. Don’t ask others to watch your bag, or accept items in your bag from strangers. Don’t carry prohibited items through security. Over time, though, we have become lax about living with these regulations. We think it can’t happen again… until it does. But I have noticed there is another reason why people dismiss rules. Some people seem to feel above them. This happens at our school all the time. There is a strict visitor badge rule… even if you are just dropping something off to the classroom. Everyone must check in and get a badge. And yet frequently I see the secretaries chasing people down the hall and insisting. Come on; they have enough to do without having to monitor parents. Are these the same people that park their old SUVs in the energy efficient vehicle only spots? Just saying… And don’t even get me started on rules around pick up and drop off. It doesn’t seem to matter how many times the Principle sends out reminders about this process, many people just do it the way they want to do it. In order to live in a civil (and safe) society we give up certain rights: such as jaywalking, or cutting in line, or running red lights. We agree to follow the rules, because if we didn’t, if everyone thought they were above the rules, society would fall apart. So don’t ask me to do any of these things. And, don’t expect me to stay silent if I see a bag without an obvious owner, or an unusual package just lying around. Whether at the airport or at Starbucks I go by the rules. |
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